Not exact matches
Modern diesel
cars emit less pollution generally
than cars that run on
gasoline, says a new six - nation study published today in Scientific Reports whose groundwork was laid in
part by an American chemist now working at Université de Montréal.
As for the fuel, more
than 45 million metric tons (45 billion kilograms) of the lightweight gas is produced every year as
part of making fertilizer, chemicals and the
gasoline used to power
cars today.
Electricity costs much less per mile
than gasoline or diesel fuel, and electric
cars costs less to maintain since they have far fewer moving
parts and don't require oil changes.
Back in the summer, I took issue with some studies claiming that in some
parts of the country, electric
cars produce more emissions
than their
gasoline counterparts.